Burned Quote by Chris Abani

“We naturally try to forget our personal tragedies, serious or trifling, as soon as possible (even something as petty as being scorned or disdained…

— Kenzaburō Ōe

We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.

— Edward Bond

“Hiroshima is like a nakedly exposed wound inflicted on all mankind.”

— Kenzaburō Ōe

“We know—more from the faces immortalized on a handful of photographs than from the words of survivors—that the women and men who experienced that…

— Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

We cannot and must not allow ourselves to have the message of Hiroshima and Nagasaki fade completely from our minds, and we cannot allow…

— Tadatoshi Akiba

In some ways more painful is the fact that their experience appears to be fading from the collective memory of humankind. Having never experienced…

— Tadatoshi Akiba

The passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation. There are some people who are so blighted by their…

— Harlan Ellison

To feel our character, our personality, and our personal, hard-won history fade from being is to be exposed to whatever lies beneath these comforting,…

— Peter Straub

I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 'among the most unspeakable crimes in history.' I took no position on just where they stand on…

— Noam Chomsky

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

— Anonymous

“One cannot take revenge upon history; history is its own revenge”

— Shashi Tharoor

“An old Japanese friend recently confided to me: ' I can't forgive to americans for the fact that Hiroshima wasn't an act of war,…

— Paul Virilio